i am excited to finally share some of my work with you that i shot this summer.  sari bari is an incredible company providing a safe and sustainable work environment for indian woman who have been exploited in the sex trade.  handcrafting blankets, bags and other home and personal accessories from old and discarded sari's, each artisans name is sewed onto every blanket - instilling a sense of pride, achievement and hope.  i shot the editorial photography for the site and it is one of my proudest achievements - sari bari truly is "a new life in the making".  you can visit the site here, read more about their mission here and check out their gorgeous sari blankets here - i have one and i do not exaggerate in the least when i tell you i snuggle up under it every night on the sofa - it is one of the most cherished things in my home.  Shopna crafted my blanket... you can read about all of the women here.

p.s. we shot part of the campaign in the art directors home where i photographed this {scroll to slide 7} in her kitchen - i loved it so much it inspired me to wrap ayla in her own little apron so i could have a shot to pair with it!

Comments

[Courtney]

yay!! your photos on the website look fantastic! and i'm loving this polaroid. i've been keeping an eye out on your blog for days, after daphne told me it'd be coming soon :) love, love, love it!

[Amanda]

Congrats my lovely.
The photographs are beautiful. I especially love the one with the big blue ring.
It must feel great to work for something so important. :)

[brooke]

wow! those quilts are gorgeous ~ I've been poking around looking at them all on the website. having a hard time choosing just one. :)

[jla]

thank you courtney!

amanda - that's one of mine - isn't it amazing?

brooke - i know! i really would love another for our bed!

[Alice]

wow these colors are so soothing. beautiful.

[daphne]

yeah!!! we are *finally* live! it made me so happy to see our post today. thanks again for sharing your amazing photography and wonderful eye with Sari Bari. it was such a pleasure to work with you. hopefully we'll have the chance to cross paths again someday soon.

[tammy]

these are absolutely gorgeous! bookmarking now.

[Anna]

Jen, I know these people!!! I'm so excited you are doing the work for this. :-) I love love the photos...so amazing. Such a great organization. :-)

[Valerie]

Thank you for sharing all you do.. very inspiring! I can't wait to order a blanket. They are very lovely, it is going to be hard to pick one!

Have a blessed hoilday season.

[lisa the knitter]

This is great! I stumbled across this picture tonight on a sewing blog and immediately recognized Sari Bari. My boyfriend worked for a long time at the nonprofit that made Sari Bari happen, so it's close to our hearts ...so happy to see the blankets showing up on blogs!

[shaylah fawn deviney]

thank you so much for sharing this! i just bought 3- for my two favorite ladies in the world & myself. i know that all three of us will treasure this gift- not just for us but for the strong & powerful women who made them!

[jla]

daphne - it was so much fun working with you! i hope we can do it again...

shaylah - i am so happy! you will LOVE them!!